Word: maneuverable
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ABC's East of Eden is situated somewhat west of Dallas and north of Flamingo Road. Richard Shapiro's adaptation is terribly tasteful and tastefully terrible; it reiterates themes ad nauseam, while denying the characters any emotional room in which to maneuver. Director Harvey Hart has allowed his...
"The nunchaku are dangerous and hard to maneuver," Merrill said. "Occasionally during a demonstration I've dropped them, but they've never flown out into the audience."
There are many other opportunities to pull the same kind of maneuver. It's very popular, for instance, for professors (especially in survey courses) to deal with an issue by taking two lectures and presenting all sides of the debate, all the strengths and weaknesses, and the names associated with...
Whatever it was, an intermediary Algerian role seemed important to the Iranian leaders, chiefly as a face-saving device for backing down from their extortionary demands. Said a senior Iranian diplomat in Tehran: "The mullahs' political capital is based on their anti-Americanism. Their problem is that they want...
¶ Secretary of Health and Human Ser vices. Pennsylvania's Senator Richard S. Schweiker, 54, is a Reagan surprise choice - again. Just before the 1976 Republican Convention, Reagan stunned the Republican Party by naming Schweiker, then something of a liberal, as his prospective running mate. The maneuver made Schweiker...